A novel immunosuppressant, FTY720, induces peripheral lymphodepletion of both T- and B cells and immunosuppression in baboons

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-157

  Quesniaux, Valerie ^a   Fullard, Lynn ^b   Arendse, Hiram ^b   Davison, Glenda ^b   Markgraaff, Noel ^b   Auer, Roland ^b   Ehrhart, Francis ^a   Kraus, Gerolf ^a   Schuurman, Henk Jan ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FINGOLIMOD; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BABOON; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TOLERANCE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPLANTATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032695001     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-3274(99)80034-3     Document Type: Article

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